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      10-04-2012, 12:45 AM   #22
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Same complaints are being logged with the new M cars. Lack of road feel, too isolated, too large, inferior driving dynamics vs prior generation.

http://www.insideline.com/bmw/m5/201...and-video.html

When the competition (Cadillac) is using the E46 and E90 as the dynamic and size/dimension benchmarks (per latest C&D comparo), it's a pretty strong endorsement for how good the prior gens really were. I recently had a new 328i as a loaner, and while it has a very nice balance between comfort and handling ability, in terms of pure handling and dynamics in the hills/twistys, I preferred my previous 2003 330i...it was so much more fun. As a daily comfortable driver, the new 3er is the better car, and that is what seems to be preferred by the average BMW customers these days. In years past, BMW would cater more specifically to the sporty driving demographic (which is a much smaller market).
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